Horizontal tray packer TF 400 ERGON

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The new ERGON range of automatic packers is based on design choices inspired by key concepts such as ergonomics, technology, sturdiness and modularity, masterfully blended to mark a new, significant evolution in the history of SMI products. You can point out the new ERGON packers rather quickly due to the rounded profile of the movable safety guards, which allow to house all the motors on the outside with respect to the mechanical units they run, facilitating line operator access when performing maintenance. The TF ERGON series includes automatic machines for the packaging of plastic, metal and glass containers in cardboard trays without film. Trays can be octagonal or rectangular, with walls having the same height. TF ERGON series' tray formers can achieve outputs up to 80 packs per minute, according to the machine model and to the product to be packaged. The pack collations can vary according to the containers shape and size; in general, the most frequently requested collations are 2x2, 3x2, 4x3 and 6x4. In the machine infeed zone, an oscillating unscrambler accurately lines up the loose containers carried by a conveyor belt featuring low-friction chains made of thermoplastic material. In the pack formation zone, the containers are clustered in the required format through a pneumatic device operating in alternate motion. A corrugated cardboard blank is picked from the blanks magazine by an alternate motion picker composed of a group of vacuum suckers. The pad or the blank moves along the blank climb and gently places itself underneath the group of products in transit with the long side leading.